[Sca-cooks] Viking recipes site

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Dunno. Cider and calvados are specialties of Normandy which was settled by  
Vikings and cider at least began its dominance within a few centuries of 
their  occupation.

So it might depend on how wide a cultural net you  spread.
 
Jim  Chevallier
 (http://www.chezjim.com/) www.chezjim.com

Les Leftovers: sort of a food history  blog
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In a message dated 1/18/2014 5:06:42 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
ddfr at daviddfriedman.com writes:

"cider  (or better yet, apple brandy)"

which suggests that the authors are not  taking the idea of plausible 
reconstruction very  seriously